Diff’rent Strokes was a sitcom created around the talents of its young star, Gary Coleman, and it was a perfect fit–and a much-needed success for a ratings-starved NBC in the late 1970's. But after the show went off the air, its three non-adult stars found life difficult...
BBC televisions longest running sketch-show, running as it did from 1963 until 1981, was one that introduced some of the mediums most memorable and enduring comedic characters, skilfully brought to life by an undisputed master of his craft.
Billed as an "early evening scene" Dee Time starred charismatic former BBC Radio 1 DJ Simon Dee in a series of hip talk shows in which he interviewed the big names in the TV and film showbiz-set as well as stars of the world of popular music...
Deputy Dawg was, without doubt, Mississippi's laziest lawman.
A series of crazy, zany, mad half hours of comedy for children in the late 1960s would soon develop into one of the most fondly remembered series of crazy, zany, mad half hours of comedy for adults. And now for something not so very different...
Gentle comedy/drama set in rural Kent in the 1950s.
Turpin, cheated out of his wealth while on duty in Flanders, decides to regain his money using his own, not so lawful methods.
George Dixon was a policeman of the old school. A dependable officer who would help old ladies cross the street and whose idea of treating juvenile delinquents was with a 'clip' round the ear. George Dixon was a 'Community Copper' before the term had even been invented.
Working class sitcoms come few and far between, and 'dinnerladies' is one of the more relatable and bittersweet of them all.
A mysterious 'Doctor' traps two school teachers in a time and space machine.
Meet John Lacey, a forty-something language teacher at a Comprehensive School. He has everything; a steady job, nice house, beautiful wife, loving son and a car. Until one day he gets home from work and finds a letter from his wife informing him that their relationship is over...
A brilliantly crafted and subversive sitcom, written by 2point4 Children writer Andrew Marshall, Dad centres on the generation gap relationship between father and son.
A 12-year old boy overhears two sinister men plotting to assassinate their country's ruler.
Danger Mouse was a British Secret Service Agent who worked out of a post-box in London's famous Baker Street.
In the year 2020 the world is left paralysed by an electromagnetic pulse that freezes technology in its tracks. Enter into this dark dystopian future - Max - a genetically enhanced human being.
Dirty dealings in Texas among the oil-rich magnates.
Patrick McGoohan starred as NATO agent John Drake a character based on Ian Fleming's James Bond
Tense drama about a bomb disposal division of the Army in war torn London during the 1940s.
"The real stars of the series were Clarence the lion and Judy the chimpanzee."
"If the quality of the writing was a major factor in Dad's Army's resounding success, then that quality was more than matched by a cast which not so much interpreted the writing, as physically embodied it."
Television's first attempt at making a sitcom set during the War years.
Series of unrelated one-off comedies used to showcase the talents of both writers old and new to television -as well as established and up-and-coming sitcom stars, Comedy Playhouse produced some of the best loved sitcoms on British television.
Cookery Lesson was a series of twelve programmes that introduced viewers to the basic principles of cooking, working from the assumption that the TV audience didn't even know how to boil an egg.
Children's cartoon series centred around Duckula's adventures in search of riches and fame.
Three young rebels plan their own counter-attack when foreign troops occupy part of the British Isles-the Channel Islands-for the first time since 1066.
Court Martial was a British made production co-funded by ITC (in the UK) and Roncom Productions (in the USA) which aired on ITV in 1965 and on ABC in 1966.
In France crime passionnel (or crime of passion) was a valid defence during murder cases; during the 19th century, some cases could result in a custodial sentence for two years for the murderer.
Reality crime show in which members of the public are asked for help and information in criminal investigations.
1950s gameshow based on noughts and crosses
Courtroom drama in which the jury, who were made up of members of the public, would decide the verdict.